The console became the first home system to offer a 3D peripheral: the Vectrex 3D Imager. Two peripherals were also available for the Vectrex, a light pen and a 3D imager. Vectrex comes with a built in game, the Asteroids-like Minestorm. At the time, many of the most popular arcade games used vector displays, and GCE was looking to set themselves apart from the pack by selling high-quality versions of games such as Space Wars and Armor Attack. The monochrome Vectrex uses screen overlays to give the illusion of color. Unlike other video game consoles, which connected to televisions and rendered raster graphics, the Vectrex has an integrated vector monitor which displays vector graphics. The original price when the Vectrex was released in November 1982 was $199, which is about $535 in today's money (2020). Cosmic Chasm (1982) - Find your way underground, blow everything up and get out.Space Frenzy (2006) - Great and rare homebrew hommage to Space Fury.Armor Attack (1982) - Nice action game with tanks, rockets and helicopters.Protector (2003) - This rare homebrew brings the best out of your Vectrex console.Space Wars (1982) - Brilliant multiplayer game and simple gameplay.As the video game market declined and then crashed, the Vectrex exited the market in early 1984.Īccording to video gamers, the following Vectrex games are most popular: It was licensed and distributed first by General Consumer Electric (GCE), and then by Milton Bradley Company after their purchase of GCE.
The Vectrex is an 8-bit video game console that was developed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering.
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